Dustless polishing-mop.



J. 0. BEAZLEY. DUSTLESS POLISHING MOP. APPLIOATION FILED 0012.6, 191s.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914;-

wlTNl-:ssEs f .7 y A {Sepl/leazley) INVENTOR j??? ATTORNEY JOSEPH O. BEAZLEY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914:.

Application led October 6, 1913. Serial No. 793,701.

T all whomvv it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH O. BEAZLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Dustless Polishing-Mop, otwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in mops.

The, object of the present invention is to improve the construction of mops and to provide a simple, inexpensive and eilicient mop of strong land durable construction equipped with a head of soft material de signed particularly for cleaning and polishing hard wood floors, furniture and other finished wood work and adapted to pick up and hold the dust without scattering or'stirring the same.

further object of the provide a dustless polishing mop of this character capable of automatically adjusting itself to the angle of a surface and of retaining itself positively in its various adjustments so that there will be no liability of the mop head wabbling and thereby interfering with the proper operation of the lsame or shaking the collected dust from it.

lith these and other objects in vieW the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustratedin the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that va rions changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrilieing any of the advantages of the invention.

lu the drawing z-Figure l is a perspective view of a polishing mop constructed in accordance with this invention, the handle being removed. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of themop, the handle being partly broken away. Fig 3 is a transverse Isectional view on the line 3--3 of Fig.

Fig. 4-

a detail perspective view of the Ispring plate. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view through one. of the spring loops Ishowing in full lines the position of the parts before the loop is' flexed` and illustrating in dotted `lines the flexing of the loop.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the dra wing. i

invention is to In lthe accompanying drawing in which is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention, the mop head comprises a substantially oblong back l and a soft ieXible body composed of longitudinal rows of closely arranged pendant twisted strings orI cords 2 and having a concavity 3 at its lower face and provided in advance and at the rear of the center with hollow portions 4 formed by omitting' portions of the rows of the strings or-cords and co-acting with the coneavity 3 to tend to create a suction when the mop head after being pressed against or laid upon a surface is lifted therefrom and fauses the dust to be picked up by the mop without stirring or scattering the dust. The con 'avity 3, which is elongated, forms a hollow or recess which is curved both longitudinally and transversely and bounded by outer side and end marginal portions, the conca vity terminating short of the sides and ends of the body, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing, and when the mop is placed on av surface it is adapted to absorb or pick, up the dust and will hold the` same until shaken out or washed. The strings or cords extend over strips 5 and are secured in a recess 6 in the lower face of the back of the mop, but any other suitable fastening means may be employed for securing the soft body of the head to the back l thereof. No claim is made in the present application to the particular construction of the brush head.

The back l of the mop head is preferablyv constructed of wood and in order to prevent it from scratching or otherwise injuring furniture or other polished surfaces, it is provided with a soft marginal buffer 7 preferably consisting of a piece of braided or twisted rope and arranged in marginal grooves S in the side and end edges of the back of the mop. The marginal buffer 7 mav be secured within the groove in any suitable manner and enables the brush of the mop to be moved over a polished iioor in close proximity to theI furniture of av room or apartment without danger of scratching the same. VThe back l of the mop head is adjustably connected with handle 9 by means of a pair of arms 10 and a spring plate 1i secured to and extending across the back l of the mop head and providcdjvith terminal approxiimitely U-shaped spring bends 1Q receiving terminal pivots 13 of the arms 10. The arms 10 are preferably formed from a CII single piece of stout wire or wrought metal bent to form a straight shank 14 and preferably twisted at the outer portion thereof at 15 adjacent the inner or rear portions of the arms 10. The straight shank'which is composed of two sides is slidable into and out of the bore or opening 17 of a hollow handle 9, which is provided with a. clam ing screw 18 orither suitable device for adjustably securing the shank in the hollow ring 16. The handle may be 'constructed of wood or any other suitable material and the clam screw 18 is preferably mounted in a threa reinforcingl sleeve or 4an obtuse angle thereto, being disposed at -an angleto each other.

The inner portions ofthe pivots adjacent to the arms are received within the substantially circular openings 20, while the outer portions of the pivots operate in the elongated openings or slots 21 of the outer sides of the spring bends which are free. When the arms 10 which preferably diverge outwardly are arranged flat against the back l of the mop head there is comparatively little friction or binding action of the pintles in the openings 20 and 21 of the spring bends; but the upward or outward movement of the arms 10 from such position against the back of the mop carries or causes those portions of the pivots operating in the elongated openings or slots 21 to swing through an arc of a cir-1;` cle, whereby the spring bends are flexed and are caused to bind against the pivots at spaced points, the bindingl action increasing as the arms are swung away from the back. The pivotal connection between the arms and the mop head enables the latter to automatically adjust itself to the various surfaces operated on,'and the binding action between the angularly disposed pivots and the spring bends retains the mop head in its adjusted posit-ion with relation to the liandle and the arms and prevents the mop head from wobbling. The outward swinging of the arms on their pivots forces the outer sides or portions of the spring bends toward the 'back 1 of the mop, and the inward swinging permits the springs to recede from the back 1. This springing of the bends provides a practical frictional device of great strength and durability for adjustabl connecting the handle with the mop hea A spring plate of any desired strength may be employed to secure the desired binding action on the pivots.

What is claimed is:

1. A mop of the class described comprising a mop head, a spring plate connected with the mop head and provided with spring bends having opposite openings, and a handle having arms provided with pivot portions mounted in the openings of the said bends and arranged to iex the said bends and create a binding action on the said pivot portions whereby the mop head is adjustably secured in its pivotal movement.

2. A mop of the class described, comprising a mop head, a spring plate provided with spaced approximately U-shaped bends having free outer portions, and a handle provided with pivot portions extending through the bends of the spring plate and arranged to flex the free portions thereof to produce a binding action on the pivots for holding the mop head in various positions with relation to the handle.

3. A mop of the class described, including a mop head, a spring plate carrying the mop head and provided with approximately U-.shaped bends composed of inner 'and outer sides, the inner sides being provided with substantially circular openings and the outer sides'having elongated openings, and a handle provided with pivot portions arranged at an angle to each other and operating in the said openings and adapted to iex the spring bends when the handle is swung outwardly from the mop head whereby the latter is held in different positions with relation to the handle.

4. A mop of the. class described, including a mop head, a transverse plate secured to the mop head and provided with terminal approximately U-shaped Ibends having openings in its inner and outer sides, a mop handle, and arms extending from the handle and having terminal pivots arranged at an angle to each other and operating in the openings of the spring bends and adapted to flex the latter to prod uce a binding action on the pivots to retain the mop head in various positions with relation to the handle.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I'have hereto laflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

l JOSEPH O. BEAZLEY.

Witnesses:

C. RoLLiNs ROGERS, ALMA L. MARCHANT. 

